Election history
Madras Assembly Elections
Historical results, trends and insights from 1962 to 1967.
Current seats
234
in the present Madras assembly
Elections contested
2
Leading party, 1967
DMK
137 of 234 seats
Compare elections
See what changed between any two Vidhan Sabha elections in Madras.
Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.
Seats won over time
The four parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Madras
- INC
- DMK
- SWA
- CPM
Constituency performance
From the 234 results in Madras, 1967
Best performance
USILAMPATTI
P.K.M. THEVAR, 72.11% share
Closest contest
VANUR
won by 70 (0.12%)
Biggest victory
USILAMPATTI
won by 28,489 (45.95%)
Lowest turnout
SANKARI
51.61%
Seat change & vote share
Madras, 1967
Result by election
1967Full result →234 seats
- DMK137
- INC51
- SWA20
- CPM11
- IND6
- PSP4
- CPI2
- SSP2
- FBL1
1962Full result →206 seats
- INC139
- DMK50
- SWA6
- IND5
- FB3
- CPI2
- SOC1
Assembly constituencies
234 current, 206 under former boundaries · showing 201–250 of 440
| No. | Assembly seat | Reservation | Elections | Last contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | MANAMADURAI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 202 | KARIAPATTI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 203 | ARUPPUKOTTAI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 204 | VIRUDUNAGAR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 205 | SATTUR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 206 | SIVAKASI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 207 | SRIVILLIPUTHUR | SC | 1 | 1967 |
| 208 | RAJAPALAYAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 209 | VILATHIKULAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 210 | KOILPATTI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 211 | OTTAPIDARAM | SC | 1 | 1967 |
| 212 | SANKARANKOIL | SC | 1 | 1967 |
| 213 | VASUDEVANALLUR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 214 | KADAYANALLUR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 215 | TENKASI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 216 | ALANGULAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 217 | AMBASAMUDRAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 218 | CHERANMAHADEVI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 219 | GANGAIKODAN | SC | 1 | 1967 |
| 220 | TIRUNELVELI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 221 | MELAPALAYAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 222 | SRIVAIKUNTAR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 223 | TUTICORIN | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 224 | TIRUCHENDUR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 225 | SATTANGULAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 226 | NANGUNERI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 227 | RADHAPURAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 228 | KANYAKURMARI | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 229 | NAGERCOIL | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 230 | COLACHEL | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 231 | PADMANABHAPURAM | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 232 | THIRUVATTAR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 233 | VILAVANCODE | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 234 | KILLIYOOR | GEN | 1 | 1967 |
| 1 | WASHERMANPETformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 2 | HARBOURformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 3 | BASIN BRIDGEformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 4 | PERAMBUR (SC)former boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 5 | PURASAWALKAMformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 6 | THOUSAND LIGHTSformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 7 | EGMOREformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 8 | TRIPLICANEformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 9 | MYLAPOREformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 10 | THIAGARAYANAGARformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 11 | GUMMIDIPUNDIformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 12 | PONNERI (SC)former boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 13 | MADHAVARAMformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 14 | SAIDAPETformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 15 | KUNNATHUR (SC)former boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
| 16 | CHINGLEPUTformer boundary | GEN | 1 | 1962 |
Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.
